Collapsible ash-pan and adjustable hopper for the same.



No. 836,002. A PATENTED NOV; 13, 1906.

E.A.BAGBY'.

GOLLAPSIBLE ASH PAN AND ADJUSTABLE HOPPER FOR THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29,1905.

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COLLAPSIBLE ASH PAN AND ADJUSTABLE HOPPER FOR THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29. 1906.

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EUGENE A. BAGBY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

COLLAPSIBLE' ASH-PAN'AND ADJUSTABLE HOPPER FOR THE SAME.

Specifi'cation of Letters Patent. Amman filedNovember 29,1905. SerialNo. 289,615.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

is a full, clear, andexact description.

. The invention relates to open grates, stoves, ranges, and the like;and its object is to provideanew and improvedcollapsible ash-pan and ahopper for thesa'me, the hop per being arranged to properly fitdifferentsized gratesto receive all the ashes dropped down from thegrate and to guide the ashes into the ash-pan, the latter beingextensible to form a bucket for carrying the ashes con veniently to aplace of discharge.

The invention consists of novel features and, parts and combinationsof'the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter, and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of'the improvement, showingv the,ash-pan'collapsed and the hopper in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a likeview of the ash-pan extended to form a bucket, the hopper being removed.Fig. 3 is a reduced perspective view of the extensible hopper; and Fig.41 is an enlarged crosssection of the improvement, showing the pancollapsed and the hopper nested therein. 7

The collapsible ash-pan A, made, preferably, of sheet metal, consists ofa bottom section A, a middle section A and atop section A the latter"being provided on opposite sides with lugs B, engaged by the ends of abail C to permit; of convenientlycarrying the ash-pan from place toplace. The bottom section A of the ash-pan is in the form of a box ortray open at the top, while the middle and top sections A and A are inthe shape of open frames. The bottomsection A is provided at its upperend with outwardl'y-extending flanges A adapted to be seated oninwardly-extending flanges A formed on the lower end of the middlesection A and the top ofthe latter is provided with outwardly-extendingflanges A, adapted to rest on inwardly-extending flanges A, formed onthe lower end of the top section A Now by lifting the top section A bythe use of the bail C it is evident that the middle section A and thebottom section A slide downward until the flanges A are seated on theflanges A and the flanges A are seated 'on the flanges A that is, theseveral, sections are extended to form a bucket of considerable depth topermit of conveniently carrying the ashes from the grate to a suitableplace of discharge.

I The ashes can be conveniently dumped outof the bucket, and in order toprevent the lower or bottom section A from sliding out of the middlesection A the latter is provided at its top with inwardly-extending lugsA extending .over the top flanges A of the bottom section A, as plainlyindicated in Figs. 2 and 4. In order to prevent the middle section Afrom sliding out of the top section A at the time the ashes are dumped,the said top section A? is provided at its upper end with a broadinwardly-extending flange A reaching over the flange A as will bereadily understood by reference to Fig. 4. I

An extensible hopper D is adapted to be set in the upper section A asplainlyillustrated in Fig. 1, and this hopper has its sides inclined andis made extensible to allow of increasing the size of the hopper ordecreas ing the same to properly fit the size of the grate on which thedevice is to be used. Thus the ash-pan A may be considerably smallerthan the grate; but by using the hopper D and extending the sameproperly to the full size of the grate it is evident that the ashesdropping down from the grate are directed by the hopper D into theash-pan A, and consequently no ashes are liable to fall outside of theash-pan. In a like manner the hopper D can be folded to such small sizeas to be conveniently nested within the folded or telescoped ash-pan toallow of conveniently shipping both the pan and the hop 7 er, as will bereadily understood by reference to Fig. 4; For the purposementioned thehopper D is made of L-shaped sections D, the adjacent members of thesections overlappin each other, and each member is provided with one ormore guide-lugs D engaging the other member to allow of convenientlysliding one member upon the other, thus permitting convenient increaseor decrease in the size of the hopper to allow of fitting the hop er tothe grate on which the ash-pan and the opper are to be used. After thehopper is fitted to the size of the grate the lugsD may be hammereddown, so as to firmly lock the members of the sections D to form a hop-7 per fitting the size of theigrate.

When the hopper is in use on the ash-pan A and the parts are in positionunder the grate with the ash-pan in a collapsed condition, then thehopper D practically doubles the capacity of the ash-p'anthat is, allowsstoring of a large quantity of ashes inthe pan and hopper+and at thesame time the hopper directs the ashes to the middle of the pan andprevents overflow of ashes from the pan.

If desired, the middle section A may be omitted and the bottom section Amade to telescope in the upper section A Having thus described myinvention, I

claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent I I 1. An ash-pan andhopper for the-same, comprising a pan formed of sections telescoping onein the other, one of the sections being in the form of a tray, and ahopper fitting upon the upper section of the pan, said hopper beingextensible whereby the hopper can be extended to fit different-sizedgrates and contracted to be nested in the pan when the said pan is notin use and folded.

2. An ash-pan and hopper for the same, comprising a pan formed ofsections telescoping one in the other, one of the sections being in theform of a tray, and a hopper having inclined sides and fitting upon theupper section ofthe'pan, said hopper being formed of sections slidingone upon the other, whereby the hopper can be extended to fit the gratewith which the pan is used or folded to fit within the pan when the saidpan is not in use.

3. An ash-pan and hopper for the same, comprising a pan formed of threeangular sections telescoping one in the other, the bottom section beingin the form of a tray and the other two open frames, the upper sectionbeing provided with a bail, and a hopper having inclined sides andfitting upon the upper section of the pan, said hopper being formed ofsections sliding one upon the other topermit the size of the hopper tobe increased or decreased.

4. Ahopper for an ash-pan made in L- shaped flaring sections havingtheir members in sliding engagement with each other to of the middlesection. v r

the hopper. g

5. A hopper for an ash-pan made in l shaped flaring sections, theadjacent-mem allow of increasing or decreasing the size of 1 in the formof a box open at the top and having an outwardly-extending flange at itsupper end, themiddlesection being inthe formof an open frame and havingan inwardly- S bers of the sections overlapping each otherto' I form arectangular structure, and guide-lugs extending flange at its lowerendand an out wardly-extending flange at the upper end, and the upper ortop section being in-the, form of an open frame having an inwardlyextending flange at its lower end and at its upper end a like flangeproje'ctingover the top 7 Q An ash-pan made in sections telescopingoneii'n the other, the bottom section being in .the form of a box openat the top and-having an outwardly-extendingflange at its-up' per end,the middlesection being in the form ofan open frame and having aninwardlyextending flange at its lower end and an out wardly-extendingflange at the upper end, said middle section also havinginwardly-extendinglugs at its top section being'in the form of anopen-frame. having an inwardly-extendingflange at its lower end andalike flange atits upper end projecting ,over the top of the middlesection to prevent the said middlesection from fall-v ing out.

8. An ash-pan made in sections telescop ing onein the other, thebottomsection being and'thegupper or top v in the form of a box: p at the topand hav-' ing an outwardly-extending flange ants p g per end, the middlesection being in the for of an open frame and having an inwardly;extending flange at its lower end and an outwardly-extendingflange-atthe upper end,';

and the upperor top'section being'in the form of an open frame having aninwardly-v extending flange at'its lower end, the said middle sectionhaving, inwardly-extending lugs to hold the lower or box section fromfalling out when dumping the contents of the pan.

In testimony whereof I have signed name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

f EUGENE A. BAGBY.

Witnesses: .MILLARD TYREE,

J ESSIE P-ARTLoN TYREE.

